ANDE-2 Experiments and Amateur Radio

by Henk Hamoen, PA3GUO, The Netherlands
 
Very often I find it difficult to explain to ‘outsiders’ what “HAM” radio is all about. Therefore I have released a short video on YouTube about the recent ANDE-2 experiments and how Radio Amateurs world-wide contributed to this mission;
 
When I was a young kid I watched the first Space Shuttle [...]

Compass-1

Take and download pictures of the earth from the unique view of a satellite in orbit.

Ham Satellites

Since the early 1960’s, Amateur Radio’s people have had their own ham satellites and use everything from large earth-stations to small, hand-held antennas to relay satellite signals around the world.